Record Number: 18879

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do you think Stephen will be home for Christmas? His story in B. ["Blackwood's Magazine"] is magnificent. It is the very best thing he has done since "The Red Badge [of Courage]"--and it has even something the "Red Badge" has not--or not so much of. He is maturing. He is expanding.' [Then follows six more lines of praise.]

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 26 Nov 1898 and 4 Dec 1898

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stanford near Hythe
county: Kent
specific address: Pent Farm

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Conrad

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Dec 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility

Occupation:

Master mariner and author

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Poland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Stephen Crane

Title:

The Price of the Harness

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Blackwoods Magazine December 1898

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18879

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Editor:

Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies)

Title:

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

2

Page:

127

Additional Comments:

Letter from Joseph Conrad to Cora Crane 4th December 1898, Pent Farm, Kent

Citation:

Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 2, 1898-1902, (Cambridge, 1986), 2, p. 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18879, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Date range of reading experience unclear but the comment to Cora Crane in the letter, that two other house guests 'last week' were delighted with this short story. places it between late November when the December issue of Blackwood's magazine would have appeared, to early December. See also letters to R.B Cunninghame Graham 1st December 1898 and A.E. Bontine 4th December 1898 pp.124-126 of source text.